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The psychology of Weinergate and what it says about us
Opinion L.A.One of the most interesting things about Weinergate isn't that Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) took photos of a sexual nature and shared them outside of his marriage, but that he was careless enough to send them over the Internet and...... -
Former Rep. Mark Foley to debut as talk radio host tonight
Top of the TicketYep, it's true. There's no shame in America, only a rehab industry. Mark Foley, the Florida Republican who left Congress in 2006 amid accusations he sent lurid e-mails to male House pages, is credited with helping to sour the electorate's...... -
Should David Letterman be fired for having affairs with members of his staff?
Comments BlogUnless you were on a very long vacation to an amazingly unplugged island or taking a terrific nap, you've heard that David Letterman has admitted to having affairs with women on his staff. The revelations were made public this week...... -
Drawn to Obama
Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.The Baker-Hamilton report on Iraq, Holocaust deniers and the House Ethics Committee report on why former Rep. Mark Foley's escaped discipline were mere sideshows on the main political stage last week compared with Barack Obama. And while the junior...Tags: Hampshire, Death, Cartoons, Entertainment, Barack Obama
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Hastert Must Go
DENNIS HASTERT SHOULD RESIGN as speaker of the House of Representatives. Not necessarily because he failed to act quickly when shown evidence suggesting that Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) was abusing his power with teenagers — not all the details are...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Justice System, Parties and Movements
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Foley's Red Lights
THE SCANDAL SURROUNDING disgraced Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) is following the familiar Washington pattern, with one side (Democrats, in this case) alleging a coverup and the other (Republicans) railing about a setup. Even the affair itself has a familiar...Tags: J Dennis Hastert, Sexual Assault, Entertainment, John Shimkus, Television
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Media Should Have 'Outed' Foley
MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE hosts a daily radio program on Sirius satellite radio.THE FINGER-POINTING in the Mark Foley scandal has curiously not focused on one particularly powerful player complicit in allowing the Florida Republican to continue his detrimental behavior for years: the American media. By not reporting on Foley's...Tags: Sexual Assault, Malcolm Forbes, Radio Industry, Death, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal
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Patt Morrison: The Funniest Movie You Can't See
SO WHICH will be harder to spot this season — Mark Foley campaign signs or movie ads for "Idiocracy"? If Foley had been as stealthy about messaging teenage pages as 20th Century Fox has been in releasing this dystopian social satire, Foley might...Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Arts and Culture, Starbucks Corp., Gary Cooper, Academy Awards
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Iran sounds an awful lot like Iraq
Jon Sawyer is director of the Washington-based Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. He has reported from Iran and throughout the Middle East.AN EMBATTLED president, a Congress distracted by a sex scandal, looming midterm elections — and yet overwhelming agreement, with scant debate or publicity, on fateful legislation that set the nation on a path to war. It happened eight autumns ago,...Tags: Steny Hoyer, Bill Clinton, Foreign Aid, Ruhollah Khomeini, Nuclear Weapons
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Sex, lies and editorials
Everybody loves a good political sex scandal the ritual apologies, the jokes, the schadenfreude, the self-righteousness (from everyone else, of course). But The Times editorial boards of old tended to stay out of the graphic, cheeky media hype, refusing...Tags: Cleveland, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Values, Celebrities and Health Issues
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The cult of 'for the children'
In their dispute over an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, President Bush and Congress agree with Whitney Houston. They believe, that is, that children are our future. The quibbling isn't over the notion that kids...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Social Issues, Children's Health, SCHIP
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Get government out of the bathroom
As we all look forward to more sputtering news conference antics from Sen. Larry Craig, here's hoping that the Idaho politician will eventually draw on traditional Republican principles and stand up for his right to engage in consensual sex in toilet...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bill Clinton, Heads of State, Ronald Reagan, Larry Craig
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